Frankly, I think retailers are crazy to maintain these “senior” discounts. The boomer generation is HUGE in numbers in the United States and will likely live longer than their parents, to boot; this must be an economic drain on some businesses, and will continue to be so for quite a while.

As Herb Stein said, if something can’t go on forever, it won’t. Eventually somebody will decide that 75 is the new 55, and the threshold for nifty benefits will shift upwards a notch or three. By then AARP will be mass-mailing 27-year-olds.

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Oh, come on. Am I the only one who’s noticed that the prices charged to non-seniors have been going up? As a result, the discounted prices charged to non-non-seniors has likewise gone up. Bottom line sustained, case dismissed.